Reclaim Your City

This week’s guest in our podcast series is Australian-born /
London-based Zara, a name that’s been making waves in the underground UK
techno scene and now graces us with her debut two-hour RYC mix. A
versatile juggler of styles and tempi, Zara dishes out a multi-faceted
set spanning jagged hi-tech grooves, faux-organic downtempo ambiences
and further cross-pollinated dubs from outer space. Never quite limiting
herself to straitjacketed protocols, the Kinesis Recordings boss pulls
out a wealth of unsuspected moves and maneuvers, blurring the line
constantly between club adaptation and non-formulaic musical detours
bordering on experimental and leftfield. The result is a mix that hums
and throbs like nothing else, a proper sound UFO if you prefer,
rebellious by nature and rogue by necessity. Beware, shockwave coming in
hot.

Irish DJ and producer Mode_1 is our guest this week with a two-hour
sonic cruise running the gamut from psychedelic post-industrial
soundscapes to stripped-down brutalist grooves. Cutting a path of
destruction across the dance floor, this mix is designed to have all
ravers’ adrenaline levels topped out as they wait for the next bar’s own
idiosyncratic thrill with blind obedience. Championing a sound both
clinically crisp and entrancingly dynamic, Mode_1 is your guide for a
deep dive across fractured 4x4 atmospheres and effervescing peak-time
jousts. Leaving no stone unturned in his quest for the most hair-raising
crescendo, there goes the Dublin whiz firing on all cylinders, ready to
buckle knees by the dozen.

Queens-based DJ and Volnost resident Clarisa Kimskii takes the helm
this week with two hours of proper mind-expanding wares, acid-drenched
psychedelia and rugged, industrial-informed grooves. Known for her
intrepid sonic journeys and hi-impact blends, the US artist takes us on a
bumpy ride fusing hi-octane big room momenti, aesthetic style clash and
proper eruptive floor combustion. Hold onto your seats and hunch your
shoulders. Acceleration is happening, takeoff is imminent.

Serial havoc-wreaker Amotik punches in this week with a hi-velocity
two-hour round running the gamut from mind-expanding minimalism to
claustrophobic dubs onto proper heavy-duty, industrial-informed big room
wares. Unleashing wave after wave of unrelenting synth undulations and
clinical basswork that'll send shivers down your spine, his set is pure
techno NRG in a bottle. Ease yourself into Amotik's shape-shifting
cyclonic architectures and doomed hi-tech atmospheres, the ride ahead
ticks all the boxes of an entrancingly memorable sonic voyage. Lock in
and lift off.

Swinging by with her debut RYC transmission this week is Giegling
affiliate and Blitz resident jockey Yamour, a DJ who blends the finest
of classic Chicago house joints with Detroit style churners to
decisively compelling effect. Showing a particularly deft hand for
building soulful sonic narratives with a truly hypnotic edge to them,
Yamour digs far and deep into heritage grooves and newly released
heaters to form her own floor-focussed musical alphabet, bridging
hypnagogic house, eclectic machine funk and muscular techno dubs
throughout complex, intricately woven tableaux. Never quite where you’d
expect to find her at, cutting her own singular path away from formulaic
criterions and run-of-the-mill genre-boundness. A joy to hear from
start to finish, Yamour’s versatility blazes with every bar and every
beat, writing its own idiosyncratic chapter in the big book of
electronic music with unparalleled swagger and chemistry. Hectic.